Original U.S. Spanish-American War Hate Belt Made with 44 U.S., Cuban, & Spanish Buttons Category_MG 42 Bolt & Barrel Assembly but on the feed mechanism

but on the feed mechanism it is marked bpr for Johannes Grossfuss

Noel Butters Preston (24 Jun 1930 - 11 May 2016) of Somers

Firestone Tire and Rubber Company

indicating that Eisenhuette Silesia in Paruschowitz Oberschlesien manufactured it

Original U.S. Spanish-American War Hate Belt Made with 44 U.S., Cuban, & Spanish Buttons Category_MG 42 Bolt & Barrel Assembly but on the feed mechanismOriginal Item. One of a Kind. What we know as Hate Belts became popularized at the end of World War I, with primarily American soldiers collecting German buttons & badges and mounting them onto captured German belts. The idea, however, was not new, and this example of a Spanish belt adorned with 44 U. S., Spanish, & Cuban uniform buttons proves the ideas use at least 2 decades prior. This belt, in very cracked and tattered condition, has 39 buttons